Engineering News 6 October 2011.

Nissan South Africa would bring the Leaf electric vehicle to the domestic market in 2013, MD Mike Whitfield announced on Thursday.

Speaking at the Johannesburg Motor Show, he added, however, that government would first need to have its electric vehicle policy in place before the local arm of the Japanese vehicle manufacturer could bring the zero-emission passenger car to South Africa…

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